Herb Kelleher


Captain Marvel

EOY master award. Profile of a profitable airline that inspires uncanny customer employee loyalty.  Read story

Beware the Impossible Guarantee

Guaranteeing only services that can be provided all of the time.  Read story

Have Fun, Make Money

An interview with Herb Kelleher, cofounder of Southwest Airlines. Kelleher explains how company parties help produce better customer service and happier empl...  Read story

The Fun Factor

What's really driving the new economy -- and confounding the grand pooh-bahs of the old one -- is that individuals are having a huge impact. And an awful lot...  Read story

Picture This

At Cincinnati-based Kendle International, the company's headquarters feature a special kind of art -- photos of employees. The pictures, which were origin...  Read story

10 Great Ideas for Growing Business Now

Learn from the CEOs, marketers and other folks contributing to the success of many of the nation's fastest-growing companies. They were among the speakers...  Read story

The Strategy of Succession Planning

When Business Week magazine features an article questioning why Herb Kelleher, CEO of the very successful Southwest Airlines, has not designated ...  Read story

That Certain Something: Influential Entrepreneurs

We put the question to six experts: Who are the five most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years?  Read story

Chip and Dan Heath: Marketing Made Sticky

The authors of "Made to Stick" talk about how to make your messaging memorable.  Read story

A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose , by Roy M. Spen...  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the May issue.  Read story

Motivating Employees

When you think about it, the success of any facet of your business can almost always be traced back to motivated employees. From produc...  Read story

Motivating Employees

When you think about it, the success of any facet of your business can almost always be traced back to motivated employees. From produc...  Read story

Avoiding the Tipping Point

Anyone who has ever been with a growing company from its early start-up days to any measure of significant size has undoubtedly experienced the tipping p...  Read story

Book Value: Managing Creativity

Inc. 's reviewer looks at several books on topics related to creativity in your business.  Read story

Silicon Valley Confidential

Reviews of six new business books. Subjects include the early days at Apple Computer, ways to avoid a crisis, and Mom's business advice. Plus: a Xerox scient...  Read story

Funeral Chain Exploits Demise of Tradition

Newcomer Family Mortuary ignored industry taboos by advertising discount funerals on television. Will competition usurp tradition in this high-growth industry?  Read story

The Remote Control CEO

Stephen Mcdonnell insists that he stays home four days a week because it's good management--not because it's fun. The performance of his company, Applegate F...  Read story

Bad Boys of Capitalism

The story of how a start-up is making money for itself and its clients through NASDAQ's Small-Order Execution System.  Read story

Corporate Culture

Here's why both your customers and employees will remain loyal if your company's culture is right.  Read story

Games Companies Play

This article examines how various business-people are using game-playing techniques to handle a wide variety of problems  Read story

Extreme Managing

Jack Hartnett, head of 54 Sonic restaurants, demands that employees follow his orders unquestioningly and assumes responsibility for their personal and profe...  Read story

Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last , what we might expect in ...  Read story

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